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The Suffragette Movement 1903-1918 The NUWSS was set up in 1897. The Suffragette Movement 1903-1918 The leader of the D 18th Nov th Th NUWSS was a 1903 1905 1906 1908 1909 1912 April 4 June 4 Aug t 1910 Millicent e 1913 1913 1914 Fawcett. The WSPU WSPU WSPU were Women Start of ‘Black Windows Cat and Emily Wilding WW1 societies aimed E founded started to given the chain hunger Friday’ smashed in Mouse Davison tried begins v to achieve e by use more nickname themselves strikes Over Oxford Act to try to attach WSPU women’s n Emmeline direct ‘suffragettes’ to 10 and 100 Street. and stop ribbon to the suspend suffrage through t Pankhurst methods Downing force arrests Bombs in hunger King’s horse action peaceful means. Street feeding letter boxes strikes A R T E F A C T Emmeline Pankhurst Flora Drummond Lady Constance Lytton Kitty Marion Nicknamed the Set up WSPU Force fed 232 ‘General’ Rich social elite. in Manchester times as a result of because she led Renamed herself in 1903 the ‘Cat and Suffragette Jane Wharton Mouse Act’ Marches Annie Kenney Edith New Emily Davison Nurse Nellie Spindler A nurse in WW1 First to be put Chained herself to Radical suffragette. showing the in prison for Downing Street 250, 000 people contribution that ‘Deeds not Went to prison attended her women could Words’ for 3 weeks funeral make. Year 8 History of Slavery SPRING TERM 1 Task 1: Task 2: Task 3: Task 4: Create a timeline of the Create a wanted poster for Select four of the artefacts Research into William Homework will be set once a WSPU suffrage movement; two of the suffragettes and describe what they were Wilberforce. Create a modern week. this can take any form you like used for social media profile showing Use techniques learned from his life and significant When homework is set listen Good / Exceptional – assess WW1 propaganda posters to Good / Exceptional – explain achievements. This could be in carefully to your teacher to two dates and explain why you make this eye catchy and why they were important to any form you choose – know which task needs to be have selected them effective the suffrage campaign Instagram, Facebook, completed by when. Snapchat etc. If you are unsure of any Good / Exceptional: Write a homework always asks you paragraph explaining why teacher for further guidance. William Wilberforce was We look forward to getting to significant in the abolition of know you and listening to your slavery in Britain. views. Task 5: Task 6: Task 7: Task 8: Task 9: Use the story of Lady Look at nurse Nellie Spindler Research into a country where Your teacher will set you an Highlight the differences and Constance Lytton and the and describe how women’s women still do not have the individualised task based on similarities between the artefacts of penny badge / efforts in the War led to vote. Produce a fact file your learning in class. NUWSS and the WSPU sash to show the difference women getting the vote showing what life is like for (suffragists vs. Suffragettes) between upper class and women in that country. working class women Good / Exceptional – write a Good / Exceptional – explain paragraph analysing how and who you think was more Good / Exceptional – explain why women got the vote at the successful and why why there were differences end of War but not all women between the treatment of got the vote until 1928 upper and working class women.
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